swphy_validate_state(9)

swphy_validate_state(9) 💖

hii bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for swphy_validate_state(9) — yes, the manual name is folded right in here, cute and accounted for. This is the function that does a little vibe check on your software phy status. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

swphy_validate_state — validate the software phy status.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay so here's the signature, literally copy-paste coded:

int swphy_validate_state (const struct fixed_phy_status *state );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• state — software phy status. that's the whole argument, and it's the state we're checking. 🎀

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

This checks that the state stored in state can be represented in the emulated MII registers. no cap, that's the whole assignment. 👑

Returns 0 if it can, otherwise returns -EINVAL. periodt. ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/swphy.c
• swphy_read_reg(9)

okay bye bestie — this cutie is from source/version ./drivers/net/phy, dated October 2026, and the page is swphy_validate_state(9) 💅✨